replacing raised panel lines

Digger1 · Post by **Digger1** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:57 pm

I'm not very confident in my heating and stretching styrene skills. What other alternatives would be at one's disposal to replace sanded away raised panel lines?

I had to get rid of the seam on the dorsal of the Sulaco somehow...

Stubbs · Post by **Stubbs** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:23 pm

Find some evergreen stock, glue it down, and sand it down to the right height. Otherwise, to hell with the actual raised line, use the back end of your blade to engrave a new one, and draw it out with the airbrush.

On the other hand, how scary can sprue stretching actually be?

1. Heat
2. Stretch to desired diameter
3. Bad Stretch. Get more sprue you'd normally toss away anyway.

irishtrek · Post by **irishtrek** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:15 pm

Put down some masking tape and fill the gap with putty and sand.

Digger1 · Post by **Digger1** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:23 pm

irishtrek wrote:Put down some masking tape and fill the gap with putty and sand.

too late

b5ranger99 · Post by **b5ranger99** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:47 pm

No it isn't, not for me. Thanks for that idea Irishtrek. It is which is now filed in teh metal "tool box" .

Lt. Z0mBe · Post by **Lt. Z0mBe** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:28 pm

Not to be flippant, but to hell with the raised lines.

Scribe those babies away. Use the left over raised ones as a straight edge. Then, lightly sand the raised ones away. Check out the scribing thread in this forum for details.

Very, very fine fishing monofilament can be used to replace raised lines.

Kenny

Digger1 · Post by **Digger1** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:39 pm

How would one adhere fishing line to styrene? Cleanly, I mean.

Tony Agustin · Post by **Tony Agustin** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:45 pm

You could try getting some .010 styrene sheet and cut extremely thin strips to use. Just use some liquid cement and boom your done.

Lt. Z0mBe · Post by **Lt. Z0mBe** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:00 am

Babaganoosh wrote:How would one adhere fishing line to styrene? Cleanly, I mean.

Future, diluted white glue, and, if you're careful, CA glue. That's how I have seen it done.

I hope this helps.

Kenny

irishtrek · Post by **irishtrek** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:33 pm

b5ranger99 wrote:No it isn't, not for me. Thanks for that idea Irishtrek. It is which is now filed in teh metal "tool box" .

No problem, I reemeber that one from an old issue of scale auto back in the '80s.

Mr. Badwrench · Post by **Mr. Badwrench** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:27 pm

Evergreen makes .010 and .015 diameter styrene rod. Scribe a panel line in the place you want the raised line to be, and fill it in with thin rod. No special glues needed, just regular cement.